Archive for August 2011
More good news from Washington
We learned in May that the Trustees of the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds reported that the Social Security Disability Fund is expected to go broke in 2018. Of course, it is already broke as all it has are government IOU’s, but that’s not the reason for the post.
Read MoreThe democrats are lying to you…they don’t care about the little guy
Here is yet another example of Democrats kicking the little guy. This time, the evidence comes from Atlanta.
Read MoreYour Obamacare waiver update
When last we posted on this, 1433 waivers, covering some 3.2 million people, had been granted from the wildly popular program known as Obamacare. On Friday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid released more good news.
Read MoreThe true cost of government
Every year around April 15 we hear reports about how many days it will take the average American to pay all taxes…federal, state, and local. This is referred to as Tax Freedom Day, and this year it happened on April 12. Caution: your results may vary depending upon what state you live in!
Read MoreVanishing millionaires…and tax revenue
Earlier this month, the IRS released tax data for the 2009 calendar year. The information is far from encouraging, and, goes a long way to explaining why President Obama is now seeking to increase taxes on the thousandaires.
Read MoreThe cost of wind power
Massachusetts law requires that utilities obtain 3.5% of their power from “green sources”. One of the projects that has finally received approval is called Cape Wind. This will place 130 wind turbines in a 25 square mile area on public land in Nantucket Sound. It will be owned by a private developer, and, all that…
Read MoreObamacare’s new insurance form
Yesterday, the Department of Health and Human Services released it’s proposed form that all insurers must provide to all insureds beginning in 2014. Remember, a piece of Obamacare required all insurance companies to supply a “brief” summary of benefits to all insureds that would help them understand what was covered, and what was not covered.
Read MoreA small piece of Obama’s plan
This item slipped under the radar this week. It happened during the President’s bus tour through the Midwest, but before the President’s Martha’s Vineyard vacation.
Read MoreThis is sure to help the economy…son of TARP
There was an interesting article in today’s Boston Globe entitled, “4 Mass. banks get $18m from US”. It really should have been titled, “4 Mass. banks get $18m from us, but, that is not the reason for the post.
Read MoreObamacare’s high risk pool
Remember in the “pre-Obamacare” days when the President held an assortment of town hall meetings extolling Obamacare’s virtues? At each one of those meetings we were guaranteed to hear from someone(s) who desperately wanted insurance, but was unable to get insurance because of a pre-existing medical condition. Those people would then go on to explain…
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